Nobel prize in Chemistry, 2016

For What? Work on molecular machines that may lead to developments like new materials, sensors and energy storage systems

The French, Scottish and Dutch scientists had developed molecules with controllable movements that can perform tasks when energy is added

The molecular motor is at the same stage as the electric motor was in the 1830s, when scientists displayed various spinning cranks and wheels, unaware that they would lead to electric trains, washing machines, fans and food processors